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What and Who
Practical memory safety for C
Periklis Akritidis
University of Cambridge
SWS Colloquium
Periklis Akritidis is a PhD candidate in the Computer Lab
at the University of Cambridge, UK. His research interests
include systems and computer and network security.
His advisor is Dr. Steven Hand.
SWS, RG1
Expert Audience
English
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Date, Time and Location
Monday, 6 September 2010
11:00
60 Minutes
G26
206
Kaiserslautern
Abstract
C facilitates high performance execution and low-level systems programming, but the lack of memory safety undermines security and reliability; for example, memory corruption bugs can breach security, and faults in kernel extensions can bring down the entire operating system. Memory safe languages, however, are unlikely to displace C in the near future, and solutions currently in use offer inadequate protection. Comprehensive proposals, on the other hand, are either too slow for practical use, or break backwards compatibility by requiring source code porting or generating incompatible binary code. My talk will present backwards-compatible solutions to prevent dangerous memory corruption in C programs at a low cost.
Contact
Bettina Bennett
0631-93039602
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Video Broadcast
Yes
Saarbrücken
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Bettina Peden-Bennett, 08/18/2010 15:15 -- Created document.